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'I have ordered enough vaccines for everyone,' says Muhyiddin as he resigns as PM after 17 months in office

Mercury Securities Sdn Bhd has valued ACE Market-bound Sin-Kung Logistics Bhd at 14 sen based on a 14 times financial year 2025 (FY2025) earnings per share forecast of one sen.

Mercury Securities values ACE Market-bound Sin-Kung Logistics at 14 sen

HLIB is positive on how AME REIT ended the year.

MORNING CALL: 26/4/24

(April 26): China is preparing a United Nations General Assembly resolution that it says is intended to help close gaps between rich and developing countries in the advance of artificial intelligence, an initiative that follows an extensive and ambitious campaign by the US, its biggest AI competi...

China prepares UN resolution to tap AI for good

KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): RHB Retail Research said VS Industry Bhd is poised to continue the bullish trajectory after it broke past the key resistance on high volume.

In a trading stocks note on Friday, the research house said that the counter has breached the 92 sen resistance to form a...

VS Industry poised to continue bullish trajectory, says RHB Retail Research 

KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): RHB Retail Research said YTL Corp Bhd is eyeing to extend the upside movement after it staged a bullish breakout.

In a trading stocks note on Friday, the research house said that yesterday, the stock climbed above the RM2.70 resistance and charted a bullish cand...

YTL Corp eyeing to extend upside movement, says RHB Retail Research 

LONDON (April 26): One fixture lurking like a troll in Arsenal's Premier League title run-in has probably consumed the thoughts of the club's fans more than any other -- Sunday's short trip to arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

Like all big city derbies, pride and bragging rights are always...

Arsenal face derby test with title up for grabs

(April 26): Foreign states are using UK universities to “steal advantage” by covertly acquiring British intellectual property, the government warned, saying it would explore proposals to protect cutting-edge research and technology.

After an internal review found other countries are tar...

UK warns universities about research threat from foreign states

(April 26): The Tesla Inc. shareholder who won a court order in Delaware killing co-founder Elon Musk’s US$56 billion pay package is premature in asking the judge to bar the billionaire from moving the executive-compensation dispute to Texas, the car company’s lawyers argue.

Tesla inves...

Tesla fires back at investor who doesn’t want pay fight in Texas

(April 26): Former President Donald Trump’s economic advisers are considering ways to actively stop nations from shifting away from using the dollar — an effort to counter budding moves among key emerging markets to reduce exposure to the US currency, according to people familiar with the matter....

Trump advisers discuss penalties for nations that move away from the dollar

NEW YORK/LONDON (April 26): Stocks snapped a three-day winning streak on Thursday as disappointing forecasts from Facebook and Instagram owner Meta hammered the tech sector, and Japan's yen sank through 155 per dollar for the first time since 1990.

Tepid U.S. GDP data pushed Wall Street...

Equities fall amid earnings gloom, as persistent inflation lifts Treasury yields

<p>Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Thursday:</p>


AirAsia X, Capital A, ViTrox, PavREIT, Luxchem, Chin Teck, MKHOP, TAS Offshore, Inta Bina, Heineken, Pantech and Infoline Tec 

<p>Chin Teck Plantations Bhd’s net profit surged sevenfold for the financial quarter ended Feb 29, 2024 (2QFY2024) thanks to higher palm oil production as well as lower operating and administrative expenses.</p>


Chin Teck’s 2Q net profit up sevenfold

<p>The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has served a senior police officer arrested on suspicion of protecting an illegal syndicate in the country's capital a notice to declare his assets before April 28.</p>


Senior police officer arrested for alleged corruption given until April 28 to declare assets to MACC

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<p>TAS Offshore Bhd’s net profit has leapt by nine-fold year-on-year for the financial quarter ended Feb 29, 2024 (3QFY2024) due to more vessels delivered.</p>


TAS Offshore’s 3Q net profit up nine-fold, shares surge to eight-year high

<p>NEW YORK (April 26): Wall Street stocks closed lower on Thursday as markets were stunned by data showing slower-than-expected U.S. economic growth and persistent inflation, coupled with a sell-off in large cap stocks triggered by disappointing results from Meta Platforms META.O.</p>

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Wall Street stocks fall as weak GDP growth spreads rate-cut gloom

<p>Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case that fuelled the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable.</p>


Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction overturned by top New York court

<p>US economic growth for the first quarter could be revised higher and inflation will ease to more normal levels, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told <em>Reuters </em>on Thursday after a clutch of "peculiar" factors held the economy to its weakest showing in nearly two years.</p>


US growth may get revised up, inflation will ebb

<p>Hulu Selangor Bersatu action division head has been named as Perikatan Nasional's (PN) candidate for the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) state by-election on May 11.</p>


PN names Hulu Selangor Bersatu acting division head as candidate for KKB by-election

<p>EUPE Corp Bhd's net profit surged by 28.9% to RM14.54 million in the fourth quarter ended Feb 29, 2024 (4QFY2024) from RM11.28 million a year ago, underpinned by a higher contribution from the property development division.</p>


EUPE Corp net profit surges 28.9% in 4Q, driven by strong property sales

<p>As part of its continuing quest to add long-haul destinations to its routes over the long term, AirAsia X is exploring possible destinations in Eastern European countries such as Poland and Hungary, and the airline is not ruling out revisiting London and exercising its landing rights to Orlando in the United States.</p>


AirAsia X mulls flying to Poland, Hungary, London and Orlando

<p>The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives hit a two-month low on Thursday, due to weaker soybean oil futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said a dealer.</p>

<p>Mumbai-based Sunvin Group commodity research head Anilkumar Bagani said the market sentiment was also weighed down by the Dalian Commodity Exchange’s refined, bleached, and deodorised palm olein during Asian trading hours.</p>


CPO futures hit two-month low at the close, in line with weaker rival oils

<p>Infoline Tec Group Bhd has proposed to transfer its listing from the ACE Market to the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia as it has met the profit requirements for the transfer.</p>


Infoline Tec seeks transfer from ACE Market to Main Market

<p>Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday gave assurance that the revised Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA), which will be announced soon, will be the best ever introduced in the country.</p>


Revised public service remuneration system will be the best ever introduced — Anwar

<p>Al-’Aqar Healthcare Real Estate Investment Trust (Al-’Aqar REIT) is actively targeting to acquire yield-accretive properties from KPJ Healthcare Bhd as part of its asset expansion plan.</p>

<p>The proposed exercise will be funded through a combination of unit issuance and cash via bank borrowings, it said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia on Thursday.</p>


Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT aims to acquire yield-accretive properties from KPJ Healthcare

<p>Heineken Malaysia Bhd announced on Thursday that it has nominated Martijn Rene van Keulen as its new managing director (MD).</p>


Heineken nominates Martijn Rene van Keulen as new MD to succeed Roland Bala

<p>Malaysia nevers forget the sacrifices Australian and New Zealand heroes made during the World War II particularly in Sandakan and the lessons of history will be carried forward to the new generation.</p>


Malaysia never forgets sacrifices of Australian, New Zealand war heroes in Sandakan

<p>(April 26): Former President Donald Trump’s economic advisers are considering ways to actively stop nations from shifting away from using the dollar — an effort to counter budding moves among key emerging markets to reduce exposure to the US currency, according to people familiar with the matter....

<p>(April 26): The Tesla Inc. shareholder who won a court order in Delaware killing co-founder Elon Musk’s US$56 billion pay package is premature in asking the judge to bar the billionaire from moving the executive-compensation dispute to Texas, the car company’s lawyers argue.</p>

<p>Tesla inves...

<p>Universities should implement screening processes for the programmes they conduct, but not to the extent of compromising their autonomy and openness, according to an expert.</p>

<p>Senior Lecturer at the Department of Quran and Sunnah Studies, Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Dr Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin, believes this should be done to avoid controversies, especially involving sensitive issues and national policies.</p>
